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Bloom Of The Pontotoc

Texas Wildfowers from Lady Bird Johnson stand among the remnants of Pontotoc a West Texas ghost town. Pontotoc survived a Typhoid outbreak that killed so many that this small town had the dubious distinction of having two cemeteries.

The building in the the photo is the Pontotoc Academy which was a school that taught young teachers. The Academy had a class of over 200 students before it was shuttered in 1889 because of the Typoid epidemic.

In 1947 a fire started in the movie theatre and essentially burned the entire town to the ground leaving only burned out hulls of the thriving town it once had been.

Photography Settings

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Aperture: ƒ/4.5

Shutter speed: 30s

ISO: 1250

Focal length: 16mm

Copyright: Todd Lambert

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